Archives for 7 May 2008
More on “I like big BOOKS and I cannot lie”
Note: this is a continuation of my last post.
Digging into this image:
The joke hinges on a simple substitution of the word “books” for “butts,” but that substitution creates a collision of two opposite sensibilities. Sir Mix-A-Lot’s song is about a public, joyous, Rabelaisian and loudly-proclaimed love of the bodily and sensual– complete with dancing and […]

